Day: May 22, 2017
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Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge as Bill Murray Reads You Poetry This June
Bill Murray is an eclectic staple in New York. Although the actor and comedian now spends most of his time down south in Charleston, he’s made his mark on New York City, doing everything from filming iconic movies to bartending in Brooklyn. On June 12, Murray will come back to New York to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge…
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Watch How One Harlem Storefront Changes Over Nearly Four Decades
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s new exhibition goes “Down These Mean Streets”
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Russian Academic Facing Jail for ‘Extremist’ Pig Manure Rant
An environmental activist could face jail after criticizing Russian villagers who refused to protest against businesses dumping pig manure into their local river.
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Sochi resident wins record-breaking $6.5 mln lottery jackpot
The lottery organizers are still waiting for the winning ticket-holder to show up A Sochi local has won a record-setting jackpot prize of 364,685,787 rubles (roughly $6.5 mln) in lottery, the Stoloto lottery organizers reported today. “The ‘6 out of 45’ State Lotto will award the jackpot prize of 364,685,787 rubles to a Sochi resident,”…
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Expert predicts millions of Russian believers may pay homage to relics of St. Nicholas
The relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker are not the first ones brought to Russia from overseas Several millions of believers may pay homage to the relics of St. Nicholas, Roman Lunkin, Senior Researcher and Head of Religious and Social Studies Center at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told TASS.…
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Scientists confirm skeleton found in Turkey is 19th century Russian general
A skeleton of a man with a thick beard and moustache dressed in a late 19th century military uniform with epaulettes was found in the coffin earlier Russian scientists have confirmed that the remains discovered last month in Turkey’s northeast province of Ardahan belong to a Russian general who lived there in the 19th century,…
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Archaeologists dig up 17th century stone bridge in downtown Moscow
For a long time, the bridge was believed to have been lost Archaeological experts have discovered the stone foundation and a brick arch of a 17th century white stone bridge at Slavyanskaya Square in downtown Moscow, where a water pipe is being repaired in line with the city’s Moya Ulitsa (or My Street) gentrification program,…
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Moscow Risks ‘Environmental Collapse’ Under Demolition Scheme
Moscow City Hall’s planned demolition of more than 4,500 homes across the capital could spark an “environmental collapse,” activist group Greenpeace has warned.
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Patriarch Kirill welcomes Saint Nicholas relics in Moscow
The arrival of the relic was celebrated by bell-ringing at Moscow’s churches Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia welcomed the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most revered figures in Russia, at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral on Sunday. The relics have been delivered from the Italiancity of Bari. Hundreds of…
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Special plane delivers relics of Saint Nicholas to Moscow
Believers of Moscow parishes have gathered at Vnukovo airport where journalists are present to meet the relic A special plane has delivered a fragment of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most revered figures in Russia, to Moscow from the Italian city of Bari. Believers of Moscow parishes have gathered at…
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Summer in the City: 7 Moscow Terraces to See and Be Seen on
Summer in Moscow means enjoying the breeze and stunning views from the city’s terraces. Whether you’re out to hobnob with the elite, hang out with hip crowds or just kick back with a glass of wine, here’s where to go.
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Leading Moscow Theater Raided by Police in Alleged Corruption Case
Russian police have raided a leading contemporary theater in Moscow as part of a corruption investigation.
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Russia’s Orphanages Are Emptying
The number of Russian children living in state care has more than halved over the past five years, government data has revealed.
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Russian Officials Claim Steven Seagal Will Promote Flagship Kremlin Scheme in New Reality TV Show
Officials in Russia’s remote Far East have been accused of exploiting former Hollywood action star Steven Seagal to promote a Kremlin agriculture scheme.